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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus (Post 493696)

Try it: I'll take 750 gigadollars, please.

I'll see your 750 gigadollars and raise you 500 megadollars

Fuck you all...I got a googol.

Incidentally, that's
$10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
...so suck it!!!

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Originally Posted by classicman (Post 493808)

I'll see your 750 gigadollars and raise you 500 megadollars

: snort :

So, the pot is, 750.5 Gigadollars, then? I'll raise it to a gazillion.

Megadollars? Ha, that's a rounding error. If a megadollar falls out of my pocket, I don't even bother picking it up.

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Originally Posted by sycamore (Post 493820)

That is the cost of Obama's health care plan.

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Originally Posted by ZenGum (Post 493835)

: snort :

So, the pot is, 750.5 Gigadollars, then? I'll raise it to a gazillion.

I call - whatta ya got?

Billions. I used to think that meant 1000, 000, 000....because it did! That's one of those little changes that occur around you without you really noticing it. The official definition of billion changed in the UK 1974, but maths teachers were a little reluctant to let go of the old way and I was in my thirties before I bothered noticing that this had changed :P

From wiki:

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Although some residual usage of the long scale continues in the UK, the phrases "British usage" and "American usage" are no longer accurate or helpful characterizations. The two systems can be a subject of controversy and can arouse emotion. Usage changes can evoke resentment in adherents to the older system, while national differences of any kind can acquire patriotic overtones. [6]

*chuckles*

I feel a little nausea in my brain right now.

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*chuckles*

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Originally Posted by classicman (Post 493988)

I call - whatta ya got?

I got FOUR MILLION ACES! And they're ALL DIAMONDS!

Show!

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary (Post 493915)

That is the cost of Obama's health care plan.

If that's true, then we'll all be super fucking healthy then, won't we.

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Originally Posted by ZenGum (Post 494152)

I got FOUR MILLION ACES! And they're ALL DIAMONDS!

Show!

I got 2-7 off suit :0(

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Originally Posted by bluecuracao (Post 494155)

If that's true, then we'll all be super fucking healthy then, won't we.

And broke dick as a country. But hey, we won't have any health bills!

An interesting description of Obama tax plan.

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Any questions about why the richest 2% get the most tax breaks?

Let's put tax cuts in terms everyone can understand.

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten
comes to $100.
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something
like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.

So, that's what they decided to do.

The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy
with the arrangement, until on day, the owner threw them a curve.
"Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce
the cost of your daily beer by $20."Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the
first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But
what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide
the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?'
They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted
that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would
each end up being paid to drink his beer.
So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each
man's bill by roughly the sa me amount, and he proceeded to work out the
amounts each should pay.

And so:

The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).

Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued
to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to
compare their savings.

"I only got a dollar out of the $20,"declared the sixth man. He pointed
to the tenth man," but he got $10!"

"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar,
too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I!"

"That's true!!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back
when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!"

"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get
anything at all. The system exploits the poor!"

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine
sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the
bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money
between
all of them for even half of the bill!

And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our
tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most
benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being
wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might
start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.